Jefferson County District Attorney is asking family members of Kindra Chapman to get in touch with him so he can share his preliminary findings in her Homewood City Jail death.

Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls said he is ready to release preliminary findings in the investigation into the death of a teen inmate in jail, but said he's been unable to get in touch with the family.

"I do not feel that it would be appropriate to release any information until I have spoken with the family about the investigation,'' Falls said in a release issued late this afternoon. "Attempts have been made to contact the family and the attorneys, and I am awaiting a response from them."

Kindra Darnell Chapman, 18, died Tuesday, July 14 while in custody of Homewood police, AL.com reported last week. Activists and observers have likened her death to that of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old woman found dead in a Texas jail last week.

Chapman was booked into the Homewood City Jail at 6:22 p.m. that evening on a first-degree robbery charge. Sgt. Andrew Didcoct said Chapman robbed another person of a cell phone in the 1600 block of Lakeshore Court. Jailers last saw her alive at 6:30 p.m. She was found unresponsive at 7:50 p.m. Authorities said she used a bed sheet to hang herself.

Chapman was taken to Brookwood Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Authorities have told AL.com Chapman was arrested a couple of months ago after she was caught in a nearby apartment complex checking car doors. She tried to kick out the back window of a patrol car and also had marijuana on her. Police had also dealt with her the day before her death, but no arrest was made.

Chapman's mother, Kathy Brady, disputes what police say happened to her daughter that night. In an email to AL.com, she said she believes police killed her daughter. She said police didn't notify her of her daughter's death until 9 p.m. She declined further comment and referred additional questions to her attorney, who has not returned calls.

Falls said his office has received the reports of the offense that led to Chapman's arrest, the reports from the officers on duty at the time of death and the reports of the investigating detective. He said they also have received the video surveillance recordings from several cameras in and around the Homewood City Jail, and a statement of a witness who was in custody the same night as Chapman.

A petition on change.org is calling for "full disclosure and a full accounting of all of the interactions between Kindra Darnell Chapman and the Homewood Police Department. "We are calling for a meeting with any and all investigating officers so that we ourselves can relate that information of the Homewood Police Department to our communities. This issue is brought up because of the scant information that has been released on such a serious matter through the media. We feel there are consistent and persistent patterns of police mistreatment in the state of Alabama that are not always addressed particularly as it pertains to Black Women."

Earlier today, six Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested in Homewood after gathering outside the city jail in protest Chapman's death. Four women and two men were taken into custody at 9:42 a.m. after police say they walked out in the middle of U.S. 31 at 29th Avenue and blocked traffic, refusing to move. One of the protesters was subdued with a Taser, Didcoct said.

Today's protesters began gathering outside the Homewood City Jail about 7 a.m. today. About a dozen ended up showing up. They later disbanded, and walked toward the Shell station on U.S. 31 where Didcoct said they resumed their protest and walked out into traffic.

Homewood police this morning released a statement saying all reports, videos and witness statements have been forwarded to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office for review. Statements regarding the cause and manner of death will be released through the DA's Office at the conclusion of their review. "The members of the Homewood Police Department express our condolences to the family of Miss Chapman,'' the statement reads.